Polyparasitism is associated with increased disease severity in Toxoplasma gondii-infected marine sentinel species.

In 1995, one of the largest outbreaks of human toxoplasmosis occurred in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Genetic typing identified a novel Toxoplasma gondii strain linked to the outbreak, in which a wide spectrum of human disease was observed. For this globally-distributed, water-born...

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Main Authors: Amanda K Gibson, Stephen Raverty, Dyanna M Lambourn, Jessica Huggins, Spencer L Magargal, Michael E Grigg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21629726/pdf/?tool=EBI